PRESSURE is mounting for road improvements to be carried out on one of Surrey’s most dangerous junctions after a second car crash there in as many weeks.

Esher councillor David Archer said it was important that pressure continued to be applied to Surrey County Council and its contractors Carillion to carry out delayed safety work at the Esher Green Junction after another collision on Wednesday.

“It is only a matter of time before somebody is killed,” he said.

A woman driver was taken to hospital with a shoulder injury after a two-vehicle road traffic collision at Esher Green on October 31 at 12.55pm.

A Honda Civic and silver Corsa were both written off in the accident, which saw the road blocked for an hour.

The driver of the Honda was taking her daughter shopping at the time of the accident.

She said she felt the give way line on the Esher Green junction was misleading to drivers.

She said: “I was driving up Lammas Lane and I saw out of the corner of my eye this silver Corsa.

“Knowing Esher quite well, I knew it was my right of way and I was expecting it to stop but it didn’t.

“I just rang the police right away.”

She added: “I have noticed that the cars don’t seem to be very aware until they get to the point that they have got to stop.

“It is a very dangerous design, they need to have a warning further back. If you know Esher you know whose right of way it is.”

This comes after another serious accident earlier this month when two road workers pulled a trapped woman from an overturned car after a three-way smash up on the same junction.

A green Vauxhall Astra spun onto its side- hitting a stationary Alpha Romeo — after a collision with a blue Citroen Xsara at the Esher Green Junction on the morning of Thursday October 18.

The Lammas Lane and Esher Green junction is recognised by police as having the highest number of personal injury accidents at a single site in North Surrey — leading to calls for new safety measures.

According to SCC from January 2002 until June 2007, there were 20 slight accidents on Lammas Lane and the section of Esher Green which links to More Lane, resulting in 28 slight injuries.

Council contractors Carillion were due to begin work to install a puffin crossing on the junction at Church Street at the start of May in the first phase of the safety works, however the crossing is now due to be put in place in Church Street this month.

Lammas Lane is also due to get a pelican crossing although no date has been fixed yet because one side of Lammas Road is common land and negotiations are ongoing with the borough council and Defra.